to be morally responsible

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• responsible — adj. 1 having the job/duty of doing sth VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ make sb ▪ I am making you responsible for the cooking …   Collocations dictionary

• morally — adverb 1 according to moral principles about what is right and wrong: What you did wasn t illegal, but it was morally wrong. | The president is morally opposed to capital punishment. | morally responsible: He held himself morally responsible for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Responsible drug use — is a harm reduction strategy which argues that a person can use illegal drugs, or illegally use legal drugs, with reduced or eliminated risk of negatively affecting other parts of one s life or the lives of others. Some critics believe that all… …   Wikipedia

• responsible — 1590s, answerable (to another, for something), from Fr. responsible, from L. responsus, pp. of respondere to respond (see RESPOND (Cf. respond)). Meaning morally accountable for one s actions is attested from 1836. Retains the sense of obligation …   Etymology dictionary

• responsible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone. 2) being the cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it. 3) morally accountable for one s behaviour. 4) capable of being trusted …   English terms dictionary

• morally — adv. Morally is used with these adjectives: ↑abhorrent, ↑acceptable, ↑ambiguous, ↑ambivalent, ↑bankrupt, ↑binding, ↑bound, ↑conservative, ↑correct, ↑corrupt, ↑culpable, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• responsible — adjective 1》 having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone. 2》 being the primary cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it.     ↘(responsible to) reporting to; answerable to.     ↘morally… …   English new terms dictionary

• responsible — adj. 1 (often foll. by to, for) liable to be called to account (to a person or for a thing). 2 morally accountable for one s actions; capable of rational conduct. 3 of good credit, position, or repute; respectable; evidently trustworthy. 4 (often …   Useful english dictionary

• responsible — Under obligation. 8 Am J2d Bailm § 140. Under liability. Lattin v Gillette, 95 Cal 317, 30 P 545. Legally responsible. Anno: 72 ALR 1414. Answerable, legally or morally, for the discharge of a duty, trust, debt, service, or other obligation;… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Moral responsibility — For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Freedom …   Wikipedia

• Libertarianism (metaphysics) — This article is about a form of metaphysics. For the political philosophy, see Libertarianism. For Libertarian political parties, see Libertarian Party. The task of the metaphysical libertarian is to reconcile free will with indeterminism… …   Wikipedia